Dynamics of the caring family

American Naturalist

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 395-412

  Härdling, Roger ^a   Kokko, Hanna ^b   Arnold, Kathryn E ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cooperative breeding; ESS; Evolutionary conflict; Family dynamics; Load lightening; Provisioning efforts

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BREEDING; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FOOD PROVISIONING; INCLUSIVE FITNESS; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; RELATEDNESS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONFLICT; COOPERATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION; FAMILY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEREDITY; NESTING; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION; FAMILY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEREDITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NESTING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0242668878     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/367587     Document Type: Article

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